More progress made and completion is getting very close. The battery has been reinstalled and the TT started for the first time in 7 months, ran for approximately 15 mins in 1st gear and leak checks carried out and oil levels checked, so far so good. The real test will be when I take it out on the r...

Good on you Brian, I bet you’re itching to get back in and have a drive, ‘cos I certainly am desperate to hear how it feels. Very impressed with your attention to details, I appreciate you taking the time to photo your progress, thanks. All the best to getting all completed. Thank you, it’s taken l...

So at the weekend I had a bit of a tidy and got the rear of the TT up on axle stands in preparation for starting and running in 1st gear to check the gearbox oil level. I’ve still got a few more bits to do before this happens. On Tuesday I picked up the intercooler crossover pipe after being powder ...

A little more progress made over the last few days, after several aborted attempts at pressing out the fwd bush on the dog bone mount I decided to use a 35mm hole cutter and drill out the rubber section and then using a hacksaw carefully cut two slots in the outer casing, using a small flat bladed s...

Hi and welcome to the TTOC

Hi and welcome to the TTOC

A bit more of an update, the track control arms were fitted just before Christmas and all attaching bolts torqued along with the gear and gate selector cables and a couple of days ago I was able to torque all the driveshaft bolts, the drop links to anti roll bar nuts and re-installed the heat shield...

Track control arms cleaned up and given a fresh coat of POR15 semi gloss before installation.

Subframe fitted and new bolts torqued to 100Nm plus 90 degrees, a 3/4” breaker bar was definitely a good choice when the extra 90 degrees was required no flexing at all.

Subframe cleaned up and a fresh coat of Bilt Hamber Dynax UC applied before installation.